FINAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Peter Straub, previously announced as the final Living Legend, is honored in this essay by Stefan
Dziemianowicz that states, in part:

At a point in his career when most other writers would be content to fall back on their
greatest hits and rework the cliches that they themselves have helped to create,
Straub remains fearlessly original and unpredictable. He is horror fiction's jazz virtuoso,
an artist who continually strives to give shape to the ineffable, to channel the inexpressible,
and to give form and meaning to that uncontainable force that is the essence of creativity itself.

We regret we cannot honor Mr. Straub in public at an assemblage
of his peers and admirers where well-deseerved vocal and visible acclaim could be offered. But we
urge you to at least read this tribute in order to understand why Mr. Straub is
so deserving of being named a Living Legend and of any and all other honors he has received and, no doubt, will receive in the future.

The IHG Awards

The International Horror Guild Awards
recognized outstanding achievements in the field of Horror and Dark Fantasy.
[List of recipients and nominees: Award years 1994-2006.]
Nominations are derived from recommendations made by the public and the judges
knowledge of the field.

Edward Bryant, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Ann Kennedy
Vandermeer, and
Hank Wagner adjudicated for the final award year of 2007. William Sheehan and
Fiona Webster were
also judges. Paula Guran administered the award beginning in 1996.
The
awards were overseen by a non-profit corporation, The Mirabundus Project,
Inc.